"You and I, as the responsible directors of these policies and actions, may, with good reason, look to the future with confidence."
"The American people can be trusted to decide wisely upon the measures taken by the Government to eliminate the abuses of the past."
"There is ample private money for sound housing projects; and the Congress, in a measure now before you, can stimulate the lending of money for the modernization of existing homes and the building of n..."
"I do adopt and approve the report, recommendations, and findings of the Administrator."
"I expressed my intention of seeking the necessary authorization from the Congress of the United States."
"It would be of practical use to the Haitian Government."
"I hereby order that the transfer provided for by Executive Order No. 6670, of April 7, 1934, be delayed until October 1, 1934."
"Further legislative action on this subject at this session of the Congress seems to me, therefore, unnecessary."
"The indebtedness to our Government has no relation whatsoever to reparations payments made or owed to them."
"I firmly believe in the principle that an individual debtor should at all times have access to the creditor."
"Surely, all this is holy ground."
"There developed the problem of self-contained territories because the Nation's expansion exceeded its development of means of transportation."
"We are all brothers now, brothers in a new understanding."
"Today, we have many means of knowing each other—means that at last have sounded the doom of sectionalism."
"It is ordered that a division which shall be known as the Division of Territories and Island Possessions be, and it is hereby, established in the Department of the Interior."
"I have determined that such transfer of the disbursing functions... would adversely affect the operation of our military and naval forces in time of emergency and would not be in the public interest."
"this Government will make it clear that it not only opposes the policy of armed intervention, but that it renounces those rights of intervention and interference in Cuba."
"the definite policy of the United States from now on is one opposed to armed intervention."